How to copy files to multiple directories

kobeson · 01-09-2014, 06:16 PM

Hello,

I need to copy some files to many subdirectories.

The destination path would be /ftp/<IDO>/outbound/reports

where IDO its the ID of a user and there are more de 300.

if there were a few directorios i would do as follows;

cp files /ftp/100/outbound/reports/

but it might take a while doing that for 300 times on a weekly basis.
Please any help?

Thanks in advance.

evo2 · 01-09-2014, 11:52 PM

Hi,

you could probably use something like:

Code:

for d in /ftp/*/outbound/reports ; do cp files $d ; done

HTH,

Evo2.

JJJCR · 01-10-2014, 12:37 AM

how about using the recursive options for cp?

Quote:

cp -r files /ftp/<IDO>/outbound/reports

evo2 · 01-10-2014, 12:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JJJCR

how about using the recursive options for cp?

The problem is multiple targets not multiple sources.

Evo2.

JJJCR · 01-10-2014, 02:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by evo2

The problem is multiple targets not multiple sources.

Evo2.

Okay, I was thinking actually that the user would just need to mirror the source to the destination. That's why I suggested the recursive copying.

kobeson · 01-13-2014, 12:19 PM

Thanks everyone for your help.

i did it as evo2 said and it worked

for d in /ftp/*/outbound/reports ; do cp Care_Center_Call_Response_es_2013-12-01_2013-12-31.csv $d ; done

Best regards.